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17 Hodwell Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5QQ

26/00780/TCATrees (Conservation Area)Approved

Approved on 30 April 2026

Council decision: No Objection

Proposal

T1, G1: Lilac, T2 Spruce, T5, T7: Apple, T6: Sycamore - Fell. T3: Sorbus - Reduce height by up to 5m, lateral reduction of up to 3m (1.5m each side) and lift canopy to achieve up to a 3m clearance from the ground. T4: Holly - Reduce height by up to 3m, lateral reduction of up to 2m (1m each side) and lift canopy to achieve up to 3m clearance from the ground.

Received
25 March 2026
Ward
Arbury Ward
Agent
Arc - Arboricultural Solutions Ltd
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.17 Apr
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 17 Hodwell Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5QQ. North Hertfordshire has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Ashwell conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across Arbury Ward. We hold 486 applications in total for the SG7 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at North Hertfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SG7 5QQ
Application type
Trees (Conservation Area)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ashwell Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2026
Consultation expiry
17 April 2026
Consultation end
17 April 2026
Last date for comments
17 April 2026
Target decision date
6 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Arc - Arboricultural Solutions Ltd
Agent address
12 High Street Pulloxhill Bedfordshire MK45 5HA

Planning decision

Case officer
Francis Mabbett
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14807415
Comments
0
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Ashwell
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: North Hertfordshire

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